| Somewhat thespian, only softly (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 28 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Billy Joel's instrument | USA Today | 25 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Instrument with bicolored keys |  |  | 
          
            | P, as for piccolo players | Newsday | 17 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Bicolored musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Renzo -, Italian architect; designer of The Shard in London (5) | Mirror Quiz | 03 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Person in authority, not old, primarily upright? (5) | The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 27 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Yamaha product | LA Times Mini | 21 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument (5) | Mirror Quick | 19 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Quiet set of keys (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 19 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | "Moonlight Sonata" instrument | LA Times Mini | 14 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Instrument with 88 keys | Universal | 07 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | It's played in any national orchestra, for starters | The Telegraph Cryptic | 29 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Quiet set of keys (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 21 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument (5) | Mirror Quick | 21 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 13 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Van Cliburn's instrument | Commuter | 11 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Keys played by Alicia Keys |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel is the "_ Man" |  |  | 
          
            | Organ's kin | Thomas Joseph | 05 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Steinway for one | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Quiet Scotsman seen in river | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Baby or concert grand |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, for one | Thomas Joseph | 26 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Some players' forte, oddly - its key components are black and white (5) | The Guardian Cryptic | 23 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Instrument that may be upright | USA Today | 16 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Steinway product | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Quiet Scotsman in the post office |  |  | 
          
            | "Maple Leaf Rag" instrument | Universal | 10 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Pain, performing on old instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with pedals and keys |  |  | 
          
            | Bruce Liu's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand instrument? | The Telegraph Plusword | 28 May 2025 | 
          
            | Constant refusal to collect a set of keys | The Telegraph Toughie | 27 May 2025 | 
          
            | Musical instrument | Mirror Tea Time | 26 May 2025 | 
          
            | Quiet river claims Scotsman | The Sun Two Speed | 20 May 2025 | 
          
            | Played in all new orchestras, to begin with (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Played softly | The Sun Two Speed | 20 May 2025 | 
          
            | Musical instruction to play softly | The Times Concise | 20 May 2025 | 
          
            | Instrument played by Rowlf the muppet dog (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Mixing pain and love softly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Scotsman plunging into Italian river with instrument (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 13 May 2025 | 
          
            | A key operator can make it soft and loud (10) |  |  | 
          
            | 88-key instrument | Newsday | 07 May 2025 | 
          
            | A key instrument in the orchestra (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument owned by Dr. House |  |  | 
          
            | What word in music means "performed softly"? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Grand ___-- or upright ___-- (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Non-electric keyboard musical instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument described by Will Hunting as "a bunch of keys, three pedals, and a box of wood" |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with pedals, keys and hammers (5) | The Guardian Quick | 01 May 2025 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Mirror Quick | 26 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Quiet set of keys | Mirror Cryptic | 26 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Gently turning about a copper coin |  |  | 
          
            | Alicia Keys' instrument, aptly | USA Today | 17 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Musical instrument | Mirror Classic | 16 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Instrument played by tickling the ivories |  |  | 
          
            | Sanctimonious and, on ends being removed, perhaps upright (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Back in Verona I play instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument played by Tori Amos | USA Today | 07 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Is softly forte for this instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Quiet musical instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Semi-Olympian duck is only a baby? Grand! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Van Cliburn's instrument | Commuter | 26 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | 88-key instrument | Newsday | 24 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Baby grand, for one | New York Times Mini | 24 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Instrument with bicolored keys |  |  | 
          
            | It has pedals, but it's notoriously hard to move |  |  | 
          
            | Ian goes to an Italian river to play it |  |  | 
          
            | Baldwin or Steinway, eg (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Joanna, Penny and Oscar embracing Ian | The Telegraph Cryptic | 05 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Greek character gets a zero for the instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Yuja Wang's instrument | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | See 7 Across | Mirror Quiz | 22 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Penny and Scotsman love quietly |  |  | 
          
            | Stevie Wonder's keys |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | Lady Gaga's instrument | LA Times Daily | 17 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Mirror Quick | 17 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Quiet set of keys | Mirror Cryptic | 17 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Quiet leg-over will engross one (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument Scotsman found in Italian river | The Times Quick Cryptic | 15 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | It's played quietly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument associated with Liberace and Victor Borge (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Struggling OAP in part of an orchestra? (5) | The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 01 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Instrument with black and white keys (5) | Puzzler | 01 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Grand or upright instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway product | LA Times Daily | 23 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument in a ballet |  |  | 
          
            | PlusWord No 967 solution | The Telegraph Plusword | 13 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Thelonious's thing |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Billy Joel and Alicia Keys |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, for one | Thomas Joseph | 04 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Instrument related to the harpsichord | USA Today | 02 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Such a stool is presumably soft (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Yuja Wang's instrument | USA Today | 01 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Elton John plays one |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | In Barcelona I played the instrument backwards! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Solo instrument in Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto | LA Times Mini | 14 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | One has notes in black and white (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Softly drop a chap in the river (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Our star's first instrument: classical - |  |  | 
          
            | Sir Elton's instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | You may play it - but softly! |  |  | 
          
            | Author Fleming plunging into Italian river with instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with more than two hundred strings |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Alicia Keys, fittingly | Universal | 19 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Nixon's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Chico's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | But it has its 'loud' pedal (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument associated with entertainers Russ Conway and Jerry Lee Lewis | Mirror Quiz | 11 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Literally "gentle", what word from Italian can be seen on sheet music? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Scotsman entering river for a grand, perhaps | The Times Cryptic | 07 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Elton John's favoured instrument | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 03 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | "___ Man," hit song by Billy Joel |  |  | 
          
            | Softly treating pain with love (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with keys and pedals |  |  | 
          
            | Is instrumental in providing soft melodies [5] |  |  | 
          
            | p, on sheet music | New York Times | 21 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | "Sing us a song, you're the _____ man" |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | Commuter | 17 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Quiet chanteuse not loud? Certainly not |  |  | 
          
            | Greek character has a number for keyboard instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand instrument | LA Times Daily | 06 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Joanna has quiet man round |  |  | 
          
            | Large musical instrument | Puzzler Backwords | 05 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 02 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Where Rick hid the letters of transit |  |  | 
          
            | Played softly | The Sun Two Speed | 29 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Inside shop Ian obtained instrument | The Sun Two Speed | 29 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Our star won an Oscar for this movie with Sam Neill: The - |  |  | 
          
            | Set up Ian Ousley's keyboard (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Elton's keys |  |  | 
          
            | Our star's song and nickname: - Man |  |  | 
          
            | Soft, musically | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 12 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Quiet set of keys | Mirror Cryptic | 11 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Mirror Quick | 11 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Chick Corea's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | ...unlike this, grand as it may be (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Device with 88 keys |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with over 200 strings | USA Today | 05 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument played by Billy Joel (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Joanna from the East End recalled working with first class priest |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Commuter | 29 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Large musical instrument | Puzzler Backwords | 27 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Bicolored musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | Commuter | 24 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument that's hard to transport | USA Today | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Steinway instrument | Universal | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument whose ivories are tinkled? (5) | The Guardian Quick | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Word that can precede or follow "player" | New York Times | 22 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Cabaret sight | Thomas Joseph | 15 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | ____ Man, Billy Joel song | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 13 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Musical instrument, or instruction for how to play it (5) | The Guardian Quiptic | 12 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Musical instrument, or instruction for how to play it (5) | The Guardian Quiptic | 11 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument in the string and percussion families | Universal | 10 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Steinway for one | The Sun Two Speed | 09 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Scotsman in river played quietly | The Sun Two Speed | 09 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | It's considered to be both a percussion and stringed instrument | New York Times Mini | 07 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | With 51-Down, someone who gets keys in key | New York Times | 05 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | It has 88 keys | Universal | 27 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | "Player _" 1962 Vonnegut novel (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Charlie Harper's instument |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, for one | Thomas Joseph | 22 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Schroeder's toy instrument | USA Today | 16 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Lady Gaga's instrument | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 13 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Soft on old Joanna (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Elton John's medium |  |  | 
          
            | Spinet, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Musical direction meaning to be played softly' (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway specialty |  |  | 
          
            | John Legend's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Ian in the post office to find black and white keys (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument that contains strings but isn't a string instrument | New York Times Mini | 18 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument | LA Times Daily | 17 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Renzo -, Italian architect; designer of The Shard, London | Mirror Quiz | 16 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Where to find a set of small hammers | New York Times | 14 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Music producer's becoming soft (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 13 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Joanna | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 09 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument of power, eager for first-rate comeback (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument that Lady Gaga plays | Universal | 09 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | It may be upright or grand |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, for one | Thomas Joseph | 05 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | This instrument is properly one's forte (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument that is properly one's forte? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Quiet instrument | Mirror Cryptic | 25 May 2024 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Mirror Quick | 25 May 2024 | 
          
            | Post Office keeping Fujitsu's focus with a new keyboard? | The Telegraph Toughie | 23 May 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | Commuter | 20 May 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | Commuter | 18 May 2024 | 
          
            | Musical instrument: grand - |  |  | 
          
            | Quiet chap in post office | The Times Quick Cryptic | 08 May 2024 | 
          
            | See 17 Across | Mirror Quiz | 29 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | No, pa! I will find a way to play it! |  |  | 
          
            | Played by Ian in the Italian river |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | Commuter | 25 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | 1993 Oscar-winning film with Holly Hunter and Sam Neill, The ___-- (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument: grand - |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument burned in some Annea Lockwood pieces |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, eg (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 'The --', film for which Holly Hunter won the 1993 Best Actress Oscar (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Haughty, awful pain, old Joanna (5,5) |  |  | 
          
            | See 3 Down | The Guardian Cryptic | 15 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Playing it can involve four hands (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Pilot Officer grabs Scotsman softly | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument | Commuter | 10 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument for Alicia Keys |  |  | 
          
            | Jack Lemmon played it |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with three pedals | USA Today | 05 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Grand thing to play? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument | Mirror Classic | 02 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | A pin re-fashioned with round instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Boy entering river softly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with bicolored keys |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, for one | Thomas Joseph | 20 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Holly Hunter film, with "The" |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Telegraph Quick | 18 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument | Universal | 13 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Steinway product | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Musical instrument, ... accordion |  |  | 
          
            | Opposite of forte, in a score | Universal | 29 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Puzzler Backwords | 28 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Some thespian orations could be grand (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument | LA Times Mini | 13 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Instrument for Mary Lou Williams | USA Today | 10 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Keyboard percussion instrument (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Depression is necessary for effective use of the keys it holds (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Performed softly (mus) (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument in Verona I played the wrong way |  |  | 
          
            | It's played by Ada McGrath, Orlac and the Baker boys (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard | Mirror Quick | 11 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Quiet instrument | Mirror Cryptic | 11 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Elton John's "grand" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Jools Holland's instrument (5) | Puzzler | 31 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Instrument associated with Elton John and Liberace (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Large keyboard instrument | Puzzler Backwords | 27 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Grand on stage? |  |  | 
          
            | Main instrument in the song "A Thousand Miles" | USA Today | 19 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Terrible pain with old instrument | Mirror Cryptic | 18 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | What a grand master plays? |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Mirror Quick | 18 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | The ___, film for which Holly Hunter won an Oscar; musical 63 Across (5) |  |  | 
          
            | With 5 Down, type of orchestral work | Newsday | 12 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Instrument WR 7005 nominee wrote a concerto for (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Renzo, Italian architect who designed The Shard in London (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument played by Bruce Liu |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel song, ... Man |  |  | 
          
            | Softly (in music) (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Bench site in Boston mayor Michelle Wu's City Hall office |  |  | 
          
            | Nina Simone's instrument | USA Today | 25 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Quiet river drowns Scotsman |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Stringed orchestral instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Times Concise | 26 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Instrument played by Don Shirley in "Green Book" | LA Times Daily | 02 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | See 41 Down | Newsday | 22 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Opposite of forte | The Telegraph Quick | 28 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Aretha Franklin's instrument | USA Today | 20 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Steinway product | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | It can be grand or upright | New York Times | 12 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument with bicolored keys |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, for example | Wall Street Journal | 15 May 2023 | 
          
            | Scot enters Post Office quietly | The Telegraph Cryptic | 10 May 2023 | 
          
            | Musical instrument | The Telegraph Quick | 08 May 2023 | 
          
            | Mover's challenge | LA Times Daily | 26 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | 'Grand' keyboard instrument | Newsday | 18 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Sir Elton John's "key" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Possibly G, F, or just P? | The Telegraph Toughie | 30 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Cocktail lounge instrument | Newsday | 29 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Harpsichord kin | Newsday | 19 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Upright __ | LA Times Daily | 14 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Steinway instrument | LA Times Daily | 26 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Keys for Alicia Keys | Wall Street Journal | 06 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | The ___ Guys, group known for "Code Name Vivaldi" |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with pedals | USA Today | 31 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g | LA Times Daily | 27 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Dueling ___ bar | Universal | 16 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Upright, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 19 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Grand, for one | Thomas Joseph | 03 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Alicia Keys instrument | USA Today | 31 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | 'Baby grand' instrument | Newsday | 26 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Yamaha with a bench seat | LA Times Daily | 18 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Times Concise | 16 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Honky-tonk fixture | Wall Street Journal | 13 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | USA Today | 05 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | 'Baby grand' instrument | Newsday | 01 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | A number rendered by very good instrument | The Telegraph Cryptic | 28 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | "The ___," 1993 film starring Oscar winner Holly Hunter who played a non-verbal character |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | Family Time | 25 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Steinway product | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | One kept in receptacle, old instrument | The Times Cryptic | 18 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Instrument played by Diana Krall | USA Today | 17 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | 'Baby grand' instrument | Newsday | 11 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Instrument used by optician to get rid of tic | Irish Times Crosaire | 16 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Times Concise | 30 May 2022 | 
          
            | "___ Man," 1973 hit by Billy Joel from the eponymous album |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument with black and white keys, with a name originating from Italian |  |  | 
          
            | Asleep, Ian often holds Joanna | The Telegraph Cryptic | 03 May 2022 | 
          
            | Instrument played on a bench |  |  | 
          
            | Keyed instrument that can be played by two people at the same time |  |  | 
          
            | Type of bar with live music | Universal | 06 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Grand, say | Wall Street Journal | 02 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Rachmaninoff's instrument | The Washington Post | 30 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Rachmaninoff's instrument | LA Times Daily | 30 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Softly, musically speaking | Irish Times Simplex | 25 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Softly, in music | Irish Times Simplex | 21 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | ''Baby grand'' instrument | Newsday | 07 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | "Grand" music maker? |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument played by the Queen of Soul | USA Today | 19 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | 88-key instrument | Newsday | 14 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Grand __ | The Washington Post | 11 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Grand __ | LA Times Daily | 11 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Beethoven's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Rachmaninov's instrument | The Guardian Quick | 05 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Rustic piper holding one old instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Rustic piper holding one old instrument | The Guardian Cryptic | 21 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Instrument Scotsman found in river | The Times Cryptic | 17 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Lang Lang's instrument | USA Today | 12 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Upright or grand | Universal | 28 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Letter from Greece written by an old music producer | The Times Cryptic | 21 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Irish Times Simplex | 18 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Steinway or Yamaha instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Irish Times Simplex | 02 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Sir Elton John's "key" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway product | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Softly, musically speaking | Irish Times Simplex | 21 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | *Where to enjoy grand entertainment? | Universal | 14 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Lounge instrument | Newsday | 10 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Grand instrument | Universal | 09 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Grand instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | Stringed instrument | Canadiana | 27 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | "Grand ___," 2013 film about a concert pianist whose screenplay was done by Damien Chazelle |  |  | 
          
            | Spiritual number brings in a grand, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Challenge for movers | Newsday | 12 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Baby grand, for example | Newsday | 31 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | It has hammers and keys | LA Times Daily | 05 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Instrument for pain management osteopath introduced | Irish Times Crosaire | 05 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | It has hammers and keys | The Washington Post | 05 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | It has keys for flats | LA Times Daily | 03 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | It has keys for flats | The Washington Post | 03 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | One heard at choir practice | Newsday | 31 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | 88-key instrument | Newsday | 05 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | With 38-Across, Beethoven oeuvre with 35 works | LA Times Daily | 27 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Jon Batiste's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | With 38-Across, Beethoven oeuvre with 35 works | The Washington Post | 27 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Instrument played by Hélène Grimaud | The Washington Post Sunday | 13 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Grand, for one | Thomas Joseph | 29 May 2021 | 
          
            | One may be grand | LA Times Daily | 27 May 2021 | 
          
            | One may be grand | The Washington Post | 27 May 2021 | 
          
            | Beethoven's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | 'Moonlight Sonata' instrument | The Washington Post Sunday | 16 May 2021 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Scotsman in river played quietly | The Sun Two Speed | 07 May 2021 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Sun Two Speed | 07 May 2021 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, musically speaking | Irish Times Simplex | 28 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | One often seen with Elton at openings, performing in a Northern orchestra | The Telegraph Toughie | 23 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Concert keyboard | Newsday | 13 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Played softly | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | In shop Ian obtained instrument | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Mitsuko Uchida's instrument | Universal | 29 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Instrument with 88 keys | USA Today | 17 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Chopsticks source | Wall Street Journal | 13 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | "Grand" parlor instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Scotsman in Post Office to get instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Scotsman in Post Office to get instrument | The Times Cryptic | 19 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Times Concise | 16 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Martha Argerich instrument | USA Today | 07 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Steinway product | Wall Street Journal | 01 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | It has keys and pedals | Universal | 30 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | It can be grand | LA Times Daily | 29 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | It can be grand | The Washington Post | 29 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Vanessa Carlton instrument | USA Today | 12 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Yuja Wang's instrument | The Washington Post Sunday | 03 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Irish Times Simplex | 28 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Nature god holding one old instrument to play |  |  | 
          
            | Softly | New York Times | 03 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Dorothy Donegan instrument | USA Today | 21 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Movers' challenge | Newsday | 15 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Yuja Wang's instrument | USA Today | 09 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Forte’s opposite | Wall Street Journal | 05 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Grand instrument | Family Time | 26 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Instrument originally played in area near Oxford |  |  | 
          
            | Player ___ | New York Times | 08 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Steinway or Baldwin | New York Times | 06 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Grand instrument? |  |  | 
          
            | "Where would a musician hide her keys? In her ___" |  |  | 
          
            | John's instrument | LA Times Daily | 10 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | John's instrument | The Washington Post | 10 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Tough instrument for movers to move | USA Today | 04 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Baby grand, for instance | Newsday | 02 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | The Telegraph Quick | 30 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Newsday | 19 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Quiet river claims Scotsman | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Stringed instrument | Newsday | 30 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Desi resident abroad gets a new instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument | The Times Concise | 06 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Instrument for Joel or John | LA Times Daily | 28 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Instrument for Joel or John | The Washington Post | 28 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Kind of bar | Premier Sunday | 07 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Musical instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori, around 1700 | The Times Specialist Sunday | 07 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Instrument that might be grand | The Sun Two Speed | 23 May 2020 | 
          
            | ''Grand'' instrument | Newsday | 13 May 2020 | 
          
            | Instrument with hammers | Newsday | 01 May 2020 | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, perhaps sanctimonious article by Oscar | The Telegraph Cryptic | 21 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Yamaha product | Newsday | 10 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Aretha Franklin played it | USA Today | 08 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g | USA Today | 29 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | See 17 Across | The Telegraph Toughie | 20 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Steinway product | Eugene Sheffer | 29 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | 88-key instrument | Newsday | 24 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Upright or grand, for example | USA Today | 20 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | Liszt's instrument | LA Times Daily | 09 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Liszt's instrument | The Washington Post | 09 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Place for a bench |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Billy Joel |  |  | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Billy Joel | New York Times | 13 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Instrument for which Mozart wrote 27 concerti | The Guardian Speedy | 05 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Inside shop Ian obtained instrument | The Sun Two Speed | 25 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Stevie Wonder's signature instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Brahms played it | Newsday | 19 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Instrument with pedals | USA Today | 17 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Upright, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, maybe | New York Times | 13 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Ray Charles played it | The Washington Post Sunday | 01 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Softly in music | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | This might be upright Scotsman in river | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | 'Fur Elise' instrument | USA Today | 23 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | See 62-Across | Wall Street Journal | 16 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | One often seen in a parlor | LA Times Daily | 03 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | One often seen in a parlor | The Washington Post | 03 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Baby grand, for one | Thomas Joseph | 21 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Organ's cousin | Thomas Joseph | 07 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Scotsman in post office, one of 6 |  |  | 
          
            | Wonder-working instrument? | The Washington Post Sunday | 29 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Schroeder's toy | LA Times Daily | 13 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Schroeder's toy | The Washington Post | 13 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Focus of a player on the bench | Wall Street Journal | 11 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Harpsichord relative | Premier Sunday | 08 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | "Rocketman" instrument | Universal | 30 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Jazz instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | One of two 'dueling' instruments | USA Today | 15 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Grand onstage | New York Times | 11 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Scotsman in post office, one of 6 |  |  | 
          
            | Grand musical instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, in music | Irish Times Simplex | 18 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Quietly, in a 41 Down | Newsday | 30 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Instrument with keys which is often grand |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for pain management osteopath introduced | Irish Times Crosaire | 27 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Sir Elton John's instrument | Newsday | 16 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Challenge for movers | Wall Street Journal | 13 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Brahms played it | The Washington Post | 14 May 2019 | 
          
            | Brahms played it | LA Times Daily | 14 May 2019 | 
          
            | Elton John concert need | USA Today | 06 May 2019 | 
          
            | Keys for Alicia Keys | Universal | 04 May 2019 | 
          
            | Instrument with hammers | USA Today | 24 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Baby grand, for example | Thomas Joseph | 22 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument | USA Today | 19 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Its lowest key is on the left | Universal | 14 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | 'Shine' instrument | Jonesin | 09 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Greek character joins American returning on musical instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand instrument with keys? |  |  | 
          
            | Claude Debussy's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel's instrument | USA Today | 14 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Sam played one in 'Casablanca' | New York Times | 05 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Musical instrument | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Pilot Officer grabs Scotsman softly | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Word before bar or stool | USA Today | 18 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Boogie-woogie instrument | USA Today | 28 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Holder of many hammers | Wall Street Journal | 03 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Brahms played it |  |  | 
          
            | One often seen in a parlor |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's toy |  |  | 
          
            | Word before bar or stool |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Sam played one in "Casablanca" |  |  | 
          
            | Softly |  |  | 
          
            | "Rocketman" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Its lowest key is on the left |  |  | 
          
            | Keys for Alicia Keys |  |  | 
          
            | Holder of many hammers |  |  | 
          
            | Focus of a player on the bench |  |  | 
          
            | Challenge for movers |  |  | 
          
            | One of two "dueling" instruments |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with hammers |  |  | 
          
            | Elton John concert need |  |  | 
          
            | Boogie-woogie instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand onstage |  |  | 
          
            | Stringed instrument | Canadiana | 10 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with black and white keys |  |  | 
          
            | In dystopia nothing's soft |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 10 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Thing with many keys | Universal | 09 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Actress Campbell | New York Times | 01 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Holder of keys | LA Times Daily | 28 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Holder of keys | The Washington Post | 28 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Hammer home | Newsday | 27 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | In dystopia nothing's soft |  |  | 
          
            | Private investigator with an old instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Key note source | Wall Street Journal | 15 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Quiet Scotsman in river | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Musical instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | Fixture at a Tchaikovsky Competition | Newsday | 11 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Scampi – an order somewhat soft |  |  | 
          
            | Scotsman engaged in musical work, turning up this instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Rudolf Serkin's instrument | USA Today | 01 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Quiet Scotsman seen in river | The Sun Two Speed | 29 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Joanna's rather too good with a "no" |  |  | 
          
            | Greek character with a number quietly in bars |  |  | 
          
            | Grand instrument | Universal | 07 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | It has 88 keys | New York Times | 28 May 2018 | 
          
            | Forte's opposite | New York Times | 22 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Cabaret sight | Thomas Joseph | 24 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Harpsichord relative | USA Today | 14 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Composer John Cage's 'Suite for Toy __' | The Washington Post | 01 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Composer John Cage's "Suite for Toy __" | LA Times Daily | 01 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Key note producer | Wall Street Journal | 27 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | A lot of wine encloses area that's quiet in bars? | The Telegraph Toughie | 16 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Martha Argerich's instrument | USA Today | 10 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Very good on a revolutionary instrument | The Telegraph Cryptic | 02 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Staple of ragtime music |  |  | 
          
            | Holder of keys |  |  | 
          
            | Composer John Cage's "Suite for Toy __" |  |  | 
          
            | Forte's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | It has 88 keys |  |  | 
          
            | Grand instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Thing with many keys |  |  | 
          
            | Key note source |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Rudolf Serkin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Martha Argerich's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument played by Elton John or Billy Joel |  |  | 
          
            | Glenn Gould's instrument | Universal | 12 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Cocktail lounge instrument | Newsday | 22 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Quiet fellow taking dip in river |  |  | 
          
            | Sam's instrument in "Casablanca" | USA Today | 20 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Instrument at a John or Joel concert | USA Today | 13 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Instrument with hammers? |  |  | 
          
            | "Casablanca" instrument | USA Today | 07 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Grand instrument with ebony and ivory keys |  |  | 
          
            | Keys for Keys? | New York Times | 17 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Van Cliburn's instrument | USA Today | 15 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Rachmaninoff's instrument | USA Today | 15 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument in "Peanuts" | USA Today | 11 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Saloon instrument | USA Today | 22 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Incredible number seen by a limited number – a grand? |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for pain management means nothing | Irish Times Crosaire | 06 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Instrument Post Office receives in a notecase, originally |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument played by Clint Eastwood | USA Today | 02 May 2017 | 
          
            | Music maker Scotsman's potty about |  |  | 
          
            | Baldwin offering | New York Times | 09 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Steinway, for one | LA Times Daily | 14 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Steinway, for one | The Washington Post | 14 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Instrument played by Nixon and Truman | USA Today | 21 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Steinway or Yamaha | LA Times Daily | 13 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Toy in many "Peanuts" panels | LA Times Daily | 18 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument | Premier Sunday | 15 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Keyed instrument | Universal | 10 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Spinet or baby grand | Newsday | 03 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Glenn Gould's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument at a John or Joel concert |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument played by Clint Eastwood |  |  | 
          
            | Rachmaninoff's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Saloon instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Sam's instrument in "Casablanca" |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument in "Peanuts" |  |  | 
          
            | Van Cliburn's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | "Casablanca" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Keyed instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Harpsichord relative |  |  | 
          
            | Baldwin offering |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Keys for Keys? |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Toy in many "Peanuts" panels |  |  | 
          
            | Quiet denial following irrational answer | The Telegraph Toughie | 16 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Soft, in music | USA Today | 11 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Instrument for Chopin etudes | USA Today | 20 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Be critical of including one old key holder |  |  | 
          
            | Grand master's instrument? | Universal | 04 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Schroeder's play thing? | Universal | 28 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Brahms' instrument | LA Times Daily | 25 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Endless wine -- including Australian -- kept in quiet passage | The Telegraph Toughie | 25 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Type of bench in front of keys | Universal | 16 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | See 24-Across | Wall Street Journal | 07 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Bench site | LA Times Daily | 05 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Instrument at Rick's Café | New York Times | 22 May 2016 | 
          
            | Architect coming up from Verona, I presume |  |  | 
          
            | With 62-Across, many a sonata | LA Times Daily | 24 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Schroeder's prop | Jonesin | 19 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Sam's instrument in 'Casablanca' | The Washington Post | 18 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Key location | LA Times Daily | 16 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Chopsticks producer? | Wall Street Journal | 11 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Upright, e.g | LA Times Daily | 16 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Grand instrument | USA Today | 09 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Instrument of Ethiopian origin |  |  | 
          
            | Grand on stage | LA Times Daily | 06 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Instrument for an etude | Universal | 03 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Key instrument? | USA Today | 03 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Key instrument? | Universal | 14 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Instrument with keys | USA Today | 27 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument | Universal | 24 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Yamaha with a bench | LA Times Daily | 19 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Instrument causing pain over nothing | The Sun Two Speed | 13 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Van Cliburn's specialty | Wall Street Journal | 08 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Schroeder's love | LA Times Daily | 02 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Van Cliburn's specialty |  |  | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Key instrument? |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's play thing? |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument at Rick's Café |  |  | 
          
            | Bench site |  |  | 
          
            | Brahms' instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's love |  |  | 
          
            | Yamaha with a bench |  |  | 
          
            | Type of bench in front of keys |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with keys |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" piece of furniture | USA Today | 15 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Instrument that's played softly | The Telegraph Cryptic | 09 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g | New York Times | 02 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | It has 88 keys but no lock | Family Time | 04 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Alicia Keys's instrument, aptly | New York Times | 02 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Alicia Keys' instrument | Newsday | 15 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Liberace's prop | Eugene Sheffer | 15 May 2015 | 
          
            | Movers' challenge | LA Times Daily | 09 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Paderewski's instrument | Canadiana | 16 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Maybe upright and devout, an Orthodox leader |  |  | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument | USA Today | 25 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Soft type to switch address on article for love | Irish Times Crosaire | 18 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Saint admits article is so soft | Irish Times Crosaire | 09 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Scottish John stops Pilot Officer in quiet passage | The Times Cryptic | 22 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument | USA Today | 11 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Billy Joel instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Movers' challenge |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Bšsendorfer, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Alicia Keys's instrument, aptly |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" piece of furniture |  |  | 
          
            | Alicia Keys' instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Movers' challenge |  |  | 
          
            | Good article written on orchestra leader's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | One in sleep roused by ring of musical instrument |  |  | 
          
            | In a junk, in a river, moving softly |  |  | 
          
            | Set of keys? |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for 16-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Word with bar, player or lesson |  |  | 
          
            | Forte's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's prop |  |  | 
          
            | Elton John's Vegas show had a red one |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, on scores |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or baby grand |  |  | 
          
            | Yamaha purchase |  |  | 
          
            | Liszt's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, for example |  |  | 
          
            | Challenge for movers |  |  | 
          
            | It's heard at chorus rehearsals |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Lady Gaga |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway or Baldwin |  |  | 
          
            | Spinet, say |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Horowitz's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway product |  |  | 
          
            | It could be grand |  |  | 
          
            | Mover's challenge |  |  | 
          
            | Lounge fixture |  |  | 
          
            | Cruise ship company engaged man to entertain with this softly |  |  | 
          
            | Grand __ |  |  | 
          
            | Item with hammers and pedals |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or grand |  |  | 
          
            | Grand __ |  |  | 
          
            | Source of grand sounds? |  |  | 
          
            | Cliburn's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | One of the Baldwins? |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | With 5 Down, type of orchestral work |  |  | 
          
            | Keyed instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Site of dozens of keys |  |  | 
          
            | Keys played by Alicia Keys |  |  | 
          
            | Percussion instrument, really |  |  | 
          
            | Scott Joplin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Word with "bar," "player" or "lesson" |  |  | 
          
            | Étude instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Marvin Hamlisch's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Scott Joplin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Elton's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Saloon music maker |  |  | 
          
            | Elton's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | See 102-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with a bench |  |  | 
          
            | Alicia Keys's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Invention credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori circa 1700 |  |  | 
          
            | Concerto instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Cliburn's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Invention credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori circa 1700 |  |  | 
          
            | Musical direction |  |  | 
          
            | Spinet or grand |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Challenge for movers |  |  | 
          
            | It's in front of a benched player |  |  | 
          
            | Honky-tonk instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Emanuel Ax's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand or spinet |  |  | 
          
            | Concerto instrument |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Harpsichord relative |  |  | 
          
            | Donald Fagen's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Lounge in many a hotel |  |  | 
          
            | Percussion instrument, really |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, musically |  |  | 
          
            | Set of keys |  |  | 
          
            | Choral direction |  |  | 
          
            | Lounge piece |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway creation |  |  | 
          
            | Lounge in many a hotel |  |  | 
          
            | "Casablanca" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Keyboard instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Recital instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Rehearsal-hall piece |  |  | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Saloon music maker |  |  | 
          
            | Chopin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Lounge in many a hotel |  |  | 
          
            | Eighty-eight |  |  | 
          
            | Brahms's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or grand |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with pedals |  |  | 
          
            | Harpsichord relative |  |  | 
          
            | Movers' challenge |  |  | 
          
            | 88-key instrument |  |  | 
          
            | A grand instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Harpsichord relative |  |  | 
          
            | It has hammers and keys |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Rachmaninoff |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or baby grand |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand or spinet |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or grand |  |  | 
          
            | Elton John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Place for a hammer |  |  | 
          
            | Brahms's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Beethoven's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Van Cliburn's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Victor Borge's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | "Upright" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Key location? |  |  | 
          
            | Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Set of keys? |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Rachmaninoff |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Roll player |  |  | 
          
            | Bruce Hornsby's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Beethoven's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, in music |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Liszt's forte |  |  | 
          
            | Borge's forte |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, in scores |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Baldwin creation |  |  | 
          
            | Yamaha product |  |  | 
          
            | What Sam plays in "Casablanca" |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with pedals |  |  | 
          
            | A Baldwin |  |  | 
          
            | Liszt's forte |  |  | 
          
            | Bench site |  |  | 
          
            | Mover's challenge |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with 88 keys |  |  | 
          
            | Borge's forte |  |  | 
          
            | Spinet or baby grand |  |  | 
          
            | "A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor": Ambrose Bierce |  |  | 
          
            | Harpsichord relative |  |  | 
          
            | Jazz instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Victor Borge's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Mover's challenge |  |  | 
          
            | If you play it, it could be grand |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, in music |  |  | 
          
            | Softly |  |  | 
          
            | Grand or spinet |  |  | 
          
            | Harpsichord kin |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Baldwin, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Holder of 88 keys |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Saloon instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Liberace's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Parlor instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Saloon instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | André Watts' instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Parlor grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Andre Watts's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Alicia's keys |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway, say |  |  | 
          
            | Cliburn's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Bench site |  |  | 
          
            | Cristofori invention |  |  | 
          
            | Roll player? |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with hammers |  |  | 
          
            | It might be upright |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Key instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand or baby grand |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bar |  |  | 
          
            | Set of keys |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bar |  |  | 
          
            | It could be a grand |  |  | 
          
            | Spot for hammers |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bar |  |  | 
          
            | Basie's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Theme of the puzzle |  |  | 
          
            | It might be grand |  |  | 
          
            | Watts' instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, to Masur |  |  | 
          
            | Keyed instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Honky-tonk sight |  |  | 
          
            | Clavichord's descendant |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nero's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, to a composer |  |  | 
          
            | It may have a player |  |  | 
          
            | Honky-tonk player |  |  | 
          
            | Fats Waller's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Andre Watts' instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or baby grand |  |  | 
          
            | Honky-tonk player |  |  | 
          
            | Bench site |  |  | 
          
            | "Casablanca" music maker |  |  | 
          
            | Eighty-eight |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's toy |  |  | 
          
            | Lounge instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway creation |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, in music |  |  | 
          
            | Parts of one begin 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or grand |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway product |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument played by Ray Charles |  |  | 
          
            | Grand instrument? |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, in music |  |  | 
          
            | Parts of one begin 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Concerto instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand master's specialty? |  |  | 
          
            | Norah Jones plays one |  |  | 
          
            | Grand __ |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway creation |  |  | 
          
            | It requires many keys |  |  | 
          
            | It might be grand |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bar or wire |  |  | 
          
            | Count Basie's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Bar fixture |  |  | 
          
            | Key location |  |  | 
          
            | Perahia's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Nero's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Composer's direction |  |  | 
          
            | Softly |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Victor Borge's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Softly |  |  | 
          
            | "Rhapsody in Blue" solo instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, to Serkin |  |  | 
          
            | Ivories' place |  |  | 
          
            | Claudio Arrau's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Key location |  |  | 
          
            | Parlor piece |  |  | 
          
            | Parlor piece |  |  | 
          
            | Nero's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Softly |  |  | 
          
            | Mover's challenge |  |  | 
          
            | Yamaha product |  |  | 
          
            | Yamaha product |  |  | 
          
            | It has hammers and keys |  |  | 
          
            | Site of many hammers |  |  | 
          
            | It has hammers and keys |  |  | 
          
            | Brendel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Word with roll or bar |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, on scores |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bar |  |  | 
          
            | Where "the ivories" are |  |  | 
          
            | Eighty-eight keys |  |  | 
          
            | Cliburn's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, to Solti |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Count Basie's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Soft |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of roll or bar |  |  | 
          
            | Key locale |  |  | 
          
            | Horowitz's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Grand or upright |  |  | 
          
            | It might be grand |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joels instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument with hammers |  |  | 
          
            | Classic keyboard |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for 79 Down |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway product |  |  | 
          
            | Softly |  |  | 
          
            | Schroeder's toy |  |  | 
          
            | Marvin Hamlisch's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | It has hammers and keys |  |  | 
          
            | It holds a lot of hammers |  |  | 
          
            | Knabe product |  |  | 
          
            | Basie's medium |  |  | 
          
            | Letter from Greece written by an old music producer |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Prop for 16 Down |  |  | 
          
            | 32-Down's was a toy |  |  | 
          
            | Tutor's subject, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Type of bar |  |  | 
          
            | Chopin wrote for it |  |  | 
          
            | Chopsticks source? |  |  | 
          
            | Waller's ax |  |  | 
          
            | Van Cliburn's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Lounge "axe" |  |  | 
          
            | John's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Eighty-eight |  |  | 
          
            | In music  softly |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bar |  |  | 
          
            | Mover's challenge |  |  | 
          
            | Word with bar, player or lesson |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" piece of furniture |  |  | 
          
            | "The 88s" |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for 79 Down |  |  | 
          
            | Ivory tickler's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand, for one |  |  | 
          
            | This could |  |  | 
          
            | Musically soft |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, to Solti |  |  | 
          
            | "Shine" prop |  |  | 
          
            | Upright |  |  | 
          
            | "Eighty-eight" |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for an étude |  |  | 
          
            | Upright, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Steinway product |  |  | 
          
            | Joplin instrument |  |  | 
          
            | It's grand, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Soft |  |  | 
          
            | Recreation center staple |  |  | 
          
            | Nero's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, to Arrau |  |  | 
          
            | It's often grand |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for any 38-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Horowitz instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Soft: mus. |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand __ |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Joel's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | 1993 Holly Hunter film, with "The" |  |  | 
          
            | Jane Campion film, with "The" |  |  | 
          
            | It provides a sounding board |  |  | 
          
            | Watts' instrument |  |  | 
          
            | One grand |  |  | 
          
            | A player, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | A clavier |  |  | 
          
            | Grand or upright |  |  | 
          
            | Soft, to Solti |  |  | 
          
            | Spinet or grand |  |  | 
          
            | Hammer-and-strings instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Spinet; upright |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, to Ozawa |  |  | 
          
            | What Marilyn Crispell plays |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Nero |  |  | 
          
            | "___ Man," Billy Joel song |  |  | 
          
            | Serkin played it |  |  | 
          
            | Grand follower |  |  | 
          
            | Kin of a harpsichord |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument Cristofori developed |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument Dudley Moore plays |  |  | 
          
            | This could be grand |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, in music |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, musically |  |  | 
          
            | Softly, to Solti |  |  | 
          
            | Watts's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Serkin's instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Opposite of forte |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Friml |  |  | 
          
            | Cristofori made the first one: 1709 |  |  | 
          
            | Horowitz music maker |  |  | 
          
            | Clavichord's successor |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bar or player |  |  | 
          
            | Soft, in music |  |  | 
          
            | Grand worth more than a grand |  |  | 
          
            | Spinet |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Van Cliburn |  |  | 
          
            | Forte's musical antithesis |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Percy Grainger |  |  | 
          
            | Emil Gilels plays it |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Serkin |  |  | 
          
            | Gathering place at many a party |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for Emil Gilels |  |  | 
          
            | Station for the Ragtime Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Earl "Fatha" Hines plays it |  |  | 
          
            | Truman played it |  |  | 
          
            | Cliburn's forte |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or player |  |  | 
          
            | Literary ___ (typewriter) |  |  | 
          
            | Grand, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Rudolf Serkin's need |  |  | 
          
            | Dame Myra's need |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument |  |  | 
          
            | Borge plays it |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand |  |  | 
          
            | What Cristofori made. |  |  | 
          
            | Paderewski's instrument. |  |  | 
          
            | Soft: Italian. |  |  | 
          
            | Musical instrument. |  |  | 
          
            | Place to find the starts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Across |  |  | 
          
            | "The ___ Has Been Drinking (Not Me)" (Tom Waits song) |  |  | 
          
            | Iturbi's forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Iturbi's instrument. |  |  | 
          
            | 88 keys. |  |  | 
          
            | Upright or grand. |  |  | 
          
            | Composer's instrument. |  |  | 
          
            | Borge's instrument. |  |  | 
          
            | Casadesus plays it. |  |  | 
          
            | Liberace's forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Opposite of fortissimo. |  |  | 
          
            | Serkin's forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Soft: Music. |  |  | 
          
            | Upright. |  |  | 
          
            | Player or grand. |  |  | 
          
            | Softly: Mus. |  |  | 
          
            | Stringed instrument. |  |  | 
          
            | Baby grand. |  |  | 
          
            | Concert grand. |  |  | 
          
            | Hollander's forte |  |  | 
          
            | Cliburn's forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-TV living room feature. |  |  | 
          
            | Party instrument. |  |  | 
          
            | Grand ___. |  |  | 
          
            | Grand. |  |  | 
          
            | Softly. |  |  | 
          
            | Nero plays it. |  |  | 
          
            | Quietly: Mus. |  |  | 
          
            | Spinet. |  |  | 
          
            | Opposite of forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Percussion instrument. |  |  | 
          
            | Set of ivory keys. |  |  | 
          
            | Soft: Mus. |  |  | 
          
            | Instrument for 17 Across. |  |  | 
          
            | Count Basie plays it |  |  | 
          
            | One grand? |  |  | 
          
            | Soft, in music. |  |  | 
          
            | Chopin's forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Liberace's has candles. |  |  | 
          
            | Robert Casadesus' forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Concert hall item. |  |  | 
          
            | The ivories. |  |  | 
          
            | Square or upright. |  |  | 
          
            | Truman's hobby. |  |  | 
          
            | Truman's forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Soft:  Music. |  |  |